Socialist International
Website: http://socialistinternational.org/
Category: Political Parties
Year of Foundation: 1951
Location of Foundation: Frankfurt, Germany
Location of Headquarters: London, UK
Brief Description: The Socialist International describes itself as 'the worldwide organisation of social democratic, socialist and labour parties.' (source: www.socialistinternational.org; accessed 20 April 2010).
Founding Rationales:
'(1) The Socialist International is an Association of Parties which seek to establish democratic socialism as formulated in the Aims and Tools of Democratic Socialism. (2) The purpose of the Socialist International is to strengthen the relations between the affiliated parties and to co-ordinate their political attitudes by consent.'
Source: 'Statute of the Socialist International', Box 241, Socialist International Archives, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Evolution of Membership:
Sources: GIO; YIO